单词 | abashedly |
释义 | abashedlyadv. Scottish in early use. In an abashed manner. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > feeling of shame > [adverb] > in an abashed manner abashedly?a1500 ?a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Sheep & Dog l. 1231 in Poems (1981) 50 The sheip agane befoir the volff derenȝeit, But aduocate, abasitlie couth stand. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xi. xv. 105 Hys taill..Vnder hys waym [sc. the wolf] lettis fall abasytly. a1586 in W. A. Craigie Maitland Folio MS (1919) I. 186 The souter richt abaisitly vnto the feild he soucht. c1817 J. Hogg Tales & Sketches IV. 26 George at length came forward abashedly. 1893 Munsey's Mag. Oct. 59/2 Perhaps it was because his eyes were abashedly before him that he did not notice the twitching of her lips and the quickness of her breath. 1919 Scribner's Mag. June 722/2 The chaplain realized that he was again intruding on an operation; this rendered him too abashedly speechless to answer the doctor's startled exclamation. 1997 B. Wagner I'm losing You (1998) 246 Nondescript men in poorly cut suits approached, abashedly letting on how they were Fallen Ones, come back to the fold. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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